Support for ping-pong nets.



No. 7l2,577. Pa'tented 'Nov. 4,1902.

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SUPPORT FOR PING PONG NETS, (Application filed Sept. 15, .1902.) (NoModel.)

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LYMAN II. NELSON, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

SUPPORT FOR PING -PONG NETS.

SPEGLFIGATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 712,577, datedNovember 4:, 1902.

Application filed September 15. 1902. Serial No. 123,862. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LYMAN H. NELSON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and

resident of Portland, Cumberland county,

State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSupports for Ping-Pong Nets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a support for pingpong nets; and the object ofthe invention is to make a support which may be cheaply made, quicklyapplied to the edge of the table, and which will hold the net withsufficient firmness for the purposes of the game.

With this end in View I form my net-holder of a single piece of wireadapted to clamp the upper edge of the net in a loop of the wire formedfor this purpose and the lower edge of the net between the table and thebearing portion of the wire.

I illustrate my invention by means of the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device clamped on the edge ofthe table and holding the end of the net, and Fig. 2 is a view of theupper end.

B represents the table, and O is the net. The support is adapted to beclamped to the edge of the table and is composed of a single piece ofwire bent to form a main vertical portion or post having at the upperend a p0rtion a, bent back against the main portion and thence continuedupward at a, leaving a rounded tongue or projection,beneath which theupper edge of the net is slid and which serves to hold the upper edge inplace, as shown in Fig. 1. The lower endis formed to clamp the supportto the table and. at the same time to hold the lower edge of the net.For this purpose I bend the wire at a at right angles, or substantiallyso, extending out with a horizontal portion (t thence bending Verticallydownward at a and inward again at a back to a point substantially inline with the main portion, and thence the wire is bent down at a andhorizontally again at a to form a handle for convenience in putting iton and taking it off the table. i The portion which is bent to passaround the edge of the table forms an open loop deeper at the outer thanat the inner veud, so that it may be clamped onto Tables of varyingthickness with a bearing on the inner end of the loop at a The supportis clamped onto'the table by sliding iton over the edge, and the loweredge of the net is tucked under the portion a which holds it firmly byfriction with the table. Itwill thus be seen that the support may bequickly and easily set up and taken down and the net may be fastenedwithout tying any cords or manipulating other fastenings.

I claim 1. The herein-described support for pingpong nets consisting ofa piece of wire having a main vertical portion, the upper end being bentback against the main portion to form a clamp for the upper edge of thenet, the lower end being bent at right angles to form a clamping-limbfor the lower edge of the net, thence being bent backward to form a loopwhich passes around the edge of the table, the lower limb of said loopbearing on the under side of the table.

2. The herein-described support for pingpong nets consisting of a pieceof wire having a main Vertical portion, the upper end being bent backagainst the main portion to form a clamp for the netiand thence upwardagain, the lower end being bent first at right angles, then downward andback to a point in line with the main portion forming a loop wider atthe outer than at the inner end, thence downward substantially in linewith the main portion and thence horizontally to form a handle.

Signed at Portland, Maine, this 12th day of September, 1902.

LYMAN. H. NELSON.

Witnesses:

S. W. BATES, L. M. GODFREY.

